Noble western with Maria Schell and Gary Cooper
After her international successes in Italy and France, Hollywood also became aware of BAMBI award winner Maria Schell (1926-2005). She shot for the Hollywood major WARNER BROTHERS near Yakima, Washington with OSCAR winner Gary Cooper, who also produced. The film was directed by Delmer Daves and substituted by OSCAR winner Karl Malden, who can currently be seen again regularly in "The Streets of San Francisco".
A gnarled doctor (Gary Cooper) comes to a gold mining town in Montana and sets up his practice in his log cabin. He saves the young Rune (discovery of the film: Ben Piazza) from the gallows, secretly nurses him back to health and then forces him to attest to him in his practice. Rune will soon be able to demonstrate his skills. After an attack, the beautiful immigrant Elisabeth Mahler (Maria Schell) is blind and has to be cared for with sacrifice. In the American original, the character played by Schell comes from Switzerland, while in the German dub he comes from Sweden. For whatever reason? At some point the beautiful Elisabeth is healthy again and there is talk about her and the two men. A faith healer (OSCAR winner George C. Scott) and one of the gold prospectors (Karl Malden) are particularly bad. When the aloof and traumatized doctor doesn't respond to Elisabeth's sincere love, a catastrophe occurs...
More of a social portrait than a western, you can watch this entertaining film every now and then. It's not a masterpiece, but it offers solid acting and beautiful landscape shots. It is unusual to see Maria Schell, who had become one of the biggest film stars in the West German film industry, in such an environment. Filming began in June 1958 and the theme song, sung by Marty Robbins, received an Oscar nomination.
After her international successes in Italy and France, Hollywood also became aware of BAMBI award winner Maria Schell (1926-2005). She shot for the Hollywood major WARNER BROTHERS near Yakima, Washington with OSCAR winner Gary Cooper, who also produced. The film was directed by Delmer Daves and substituted by OSCAR winner Karl Malden, who can currently be seen again regularly in "The Streets of San Francisco".
A gnarled doctor (Gary Cooper) comes to a gold mining town in Montana and sets up his practice in his log cabin. He saves the young Rune (discovery of the film: Ben Piazza) from the gallows, secretly nurses him back to health and then forces him to attest to him in his practice. Rune will soon be able to demonstrate his skills. After an attack, the beautiful immigrant Elisabeth Mahler (Maria Schell) is blind and has to be cared for with sacrifice. In the American original, the character played by Schell comes from Switzerland, while in the German dub he comes from Sweden. For whatever reason? At some point the beautiful Elisabeth is healthy again and there is talk about her and the two men. A faith healer (OSCAR winner George C. Scott) and one of the gold prospectors (Karl Malden) are particularly bad. When the aloof and traumatized doctor doesn't respond to Elisabeth's sincere love, a catastrophe occurs...
More of a social portrait than a western, you can watch this entertaining film every now and then. It's not a masterpiece, but it offers solid acting and beautiful landscape shots. It is unusual to see Maria Schell, who had become one of the biggest film stars in the West German film industry, in such an environment. Filming began in June 1958 and the theme song, sung by Marty Robbins, received an Oscar nomination.